a great episode

Still no conspiracy. But good episode, we get to see a person from Scully's past, and we get to see her expertice in medicine as well as how tough she is. She is starting to believe too, but still confused. We also get to see how much she means to Mulder.

Wild at Natural Born Pulp Fiction

Not much complexity here, and it's almost believable in its predictablity. But it's the details in the story that are hard to swallow. Dupre takes control of Jack's body--okay, but what the heck does Dupre know about where Jack works, the people Jack knows, and what an FBI agent does? He just slips right into Jack's life too easy. In reality, he wouldn't know where Jack's desk was, what he needs to do to act like Jack, or even where the bathroom is in the building. C'mon! Every character just seems over-the-top in this one, whether it's Jack or Lula or Lula's brother or anyone else. THIS EPISODE WANTS US TO BELIEVE IN: Soul-jumping, tattoo and all. BELIEVABILITY RATING: 4/10 I also find it hard to believe that Scully would have been hot for Jack in the past--was she the teacher's pet or something? C'mon! Not even the satisfying plot-twist (Lula set-up Dupre!) at the end can save this one, especially with Scully's "exorcism of Dupre from Jack" scene following it up. And what was that ridiculous business with Dupre's tattoo? C'mon!!!moreless

Two men was shot and only one of them came back......but which one

This was an episode where you couldn't just watch half way through but you had to watch from the beginning when in the bank robbery Jack who was Scully's partner was shot by the robber Dupre and Scully shoots Dupre but when reviving Jack somehow Dupre gained control over Jacks body allowing Dupre to live.It was unknown whether Jack could have actually still lived and overcome Dupre inside of him but the lack of insulin killed him and he was too late to be saved.moreless

Lazarus

As might be expected, the season is full of wonderful and some episodes and precarious. This "Lazarus" is the middle ground and reveals a very simple episode, supported by a police investigation simplistic and almost no spice appetizer or supernatural, at least as regards the soul of the murderer. Playing with the probability of two or more souls occupy the same body, especially at the hour of death and separation from the body-soul, the script very basic and dull nor give much attention to the case paranormal and only delivers a good story, full of twists and nothing impressive. In fact, the episodes related to spiritualism are proving increasingly limited, not by topic addressed (obviously), but the neglect of some lazy writers. It has enough twists, has only one Scully is Mulder's putting out the fire burn itself up, but overall it's an episode that neither federal nor smell, void of importance to the context of the series.moreless

Lazarus

Lazarus was a perfect episode of The X-Files in it's own right. I enjoyed watching because there was a lot of drama, action, suspense, and intrigue. The story was well developed and there was a lot of depth to the characters and their actions. It was great to learn more about Scully. I liked how every thing played out. The idea of a person's consciousness being resurrected in another person's body was a little crazy and out there but definitely worthy of the X-Files. I certainly look forward to watching the next episode!!!!!!!!!moreless

Scully mentions that it is two months before her (and Willis') February 23rd birthdays, meaning this episode is set in mid to late December, but there is nothing to indicate it is near Christmas. In fact, two episodes previously (in the episode where Scully's father dies), when we see Scully's parents at her home, it is mentioned that, even though it's after Christmas, she still has the Christmas tree up.

Plot Holes: When Lula contacts the FBI, Mulder states that they can't trace the call because she used Scully's cell phone. Well, couldn't the FBI try to triangulate the location or at least try to locate the cell tower that processed the call?

Factual Errors: Mulder makes a math error. He says they have an area of roughly 1000 households to cover and he has 100 officers at his disposal. Doing some quick math, he states that if every officer covers 30 households an hour, the entire area wil be canvased in 3 hours. Well, that doesn't quite add up because 1 officer would then do 90 households in 3 hours. The 100 officer would then have covered 9000 households in those 3 hours.

Factual Errors: When Scully is discussing Willis's sugar intake, she claims that consuming soda has given him hypoglycemia. However, hypoglycemia refers to having a low blood sugar. In Willis's case he would be suffering from hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). Also the symptoms he would have been experiencing should have been excessive thirst, hunger, and urination, not abdominal pain.

Mulder: Do you believe he's predisposed to this type of psychotic episode?Scully: I believe it's a long way from saying Jack had a near death experience to saying his body's been inhabited by Warren Dupre. A long way.

NOTES (1)

In the original script, Dupre was supposed to jump into Mulder's body, but the producers argued against this, claiming that the basis of the show is that Mulder chases after paranormal phenomena and rarely holds any evidence. It would tone down the show's ultimate theme if Mulder directly experienced a paranormal event.

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